Re: Sharing a variable between (>=) 2 files

Try:

##### start of settings.pl ##### 
our %default_settings = (
        verbose => 1,
        debug => 0,
        help => 0,
        game => "etqw"
);
##### end of settings.pl #####
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Using $verbose => 1 etc will use the value of the variable $verbose as a key, instead of the string "verbose" which is what you probably want.

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Re^2: Sharing a variable between (>=) 2 files by dichtfux (Sexton) on Nov 30, 2007 at 22:56 UTC
Omg, you're right, that solved it. I feel a bit ashamed now - especially since that was my first question here. For future reference: using 'our' works, only problem with the code was that I was too stupid to use an assoc array in Perl. :( Thanks a lot! Btw: Do I now have a reputation of -1 because my question sucked or simply because I asked 1 question and answered 0 so far (and 0 - 1 = -1)?	[reply]
Re^3: Sharing a variable between (>=) 2 files by Joost (Canon) on Nov 30, 2007 at 23:08 UTC
The "real" problem is, that using 'strict' and 'warnings' does not influence require()d files, so references to unused variables in your require()d file don't give warnings or errors. Btw: Do I now have a reputation of -1 because my question sucked or simply because I asked 1 question and answered 0 so far (and 0 - 1 = -1)? If you mean, why has your post a rep of -1, it probably means 1 of the "regulars" downvoted your post for some reason and none of them bothered to upvote it. Don't worry too much about it unless you get below -5 or so. Large (positive or negative) XP values indicate a sort of consensus. Small XP values change a lot. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^4: Sharing a variable between (>=) 2 files by dichtfux (Sexton) on Dec 01, 2007 at 14:51 UTC
The "real" problem is, that using 'strict' and 'warnings' does not influence require()d files, so references to unused variables in your require()d file don't give warnings or errors True. I played around a bit with the code yesterday and also noticed that. When I added 'use strict' to settings.pl, I got a bunch of warnings with the old (wrong) code.	[reply]
Re^3: Sharing a variable between (>=) 2 files by Argel (Prior) on Dec 01, 2007 at 00:10 UTC
Btw: Do I now have a reputation of -1 because my question sucked or simply because I asked 1 question and answered 0 so far (and 0 - 1 = -1)? Your node has a reputation. Users get levels which are based on how many experience points they have (like in Dungeons & Dragons and several other role-playing games that followed its lead). Don't beat yourself up too much -- to the person that wrote the code it looks correct so the bug gets glossed over. It is almost a prerequisite that a second pair of eyes is needed to catch this kind of bug.	[reply]